The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-07-28
ENGLAND AND TUKNEY.
RESULT OF THE ANeLo-TuRKlSH
CONVENTION FAILURE.

The Old Reciprocal Interests Between
England and Turkey Can Never be
Wholly Restored-Germauy Preparing
for War-Varlous other Foreign News.
LONDON, July 27.-Sir Henry Drummond
Wolff, the negotiator Of the unsuccessful
Auglo-Turkish convention for the adminis-
tration Of affairs in Egypt, said in an in
terview in Paris yesterday that he did not
think the lapse of the treaty would have the
effect to interfere with the relations between
England and Turkey. This may be true,
but it is inconceivable that England can re-
tain the same relations with the sultan's
government that existed before the porte
repudiated its all but contaminated agree-
ment at the behest of two powers not over
friendly to Great Britain in any circum-
stances and in pursuance Of their Euro
pean policy, positively hostile to her.
The remark attributed to Sir Henry may
have been uttered with a view OF letting
himself down easy and probably was so in
tended, but time will show that the relations
between Great Britain and Turkey are very
much altered, so much So indeed, that that
the old tie which held them together in re-
ciprocal interest can never be wholly re-
stored England was friendly to Turkey
for purely selfish reasons, and Turkey made
a show of amity toward England for the
same reason. England for many years has
acted as the sultan's pawnbroker, and no
pawnbroker has ever been more exacting.
Nearly every pledge that Turkey has hy-
pothecated has been forfeited because of the
exorbitant rates charged aud conditions ex-
torted, and it is the effort to force forfeit
ure Of the last and most valuable pledge that
has ruptured the relations between the Eng
lish usurer and the Turkish client beyond
repair and transferred the sultans borrow
ing operations to another field.
Precisely what inducements have been Of
fered by France are not quite clear, but
there is we'll founded suspicion that new
Turkish loan will soon make its appearance
in the financial centers Of France. AS for
Russia's part in the transaction, which re-
lieved the porte Of England's usurious exac-
tions, it requires no deep penetration into
the affair to reach the conclusion that she
didn't offer any pecuniary Inducements
Russia is as sadly in need of ready money as
Turkey is, but she is in a position always to
reassure the sultan aud make him in most
respects quito as happy as a new loan could
make him, by simply keeping her hands off
the possessions Of the porte. There Is no
doubt that Turkey is really in better posi-
tion as regards the integrity of the Ottoman
empire, and that the chances Of her becom-
ing involved in war are far less than at any
time within the last ten years.
In spite Of the assurance of Sir Henry to
the contrary it is difficult to see that Turkey
has not totally cut loose from England and
formed alliances that promise to her greater
advantages than England could possibly
give her Any further trouble in Egypt
which would involve military operations
offensive or defensive, On the part OF
Turkey must necessarily be shared by
France and Russia, which fact makes the
probability of such a contingency very re-
mote and no disturbance can possibly occur
in the Balkans that the porte would have to
fight down single-hsnded. The sultan, on
the whole, may be said to be in very
pleAsant frame of mind.